A day after being chided by a “shocked” President Benigno Aquino III about the incredibly low taxes—or sometimes none at all—that affluent Filipino-Chinese businessmen were paying, the leaders of the community said they would toe the line and vowed to get their members to pay the right amount in taxes.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said rice cartel and smuggling would soon be a thing of the past as he noted an upsurge in the country’s rice production goal last year.
Last week, we looked at the question of whether the Chinese have a genetic advantage over Filipinos in terms of math ability.
MANILA, Philippines—A Chinese-Filipino businesswoman has been identified as the financier in the foiled attempt to smuggle P35 million worth of marine life that exposed the massive destruction of a black coral network off Cotabato province reportedly five times the size of Manila. Exequiel Navarro, consignee of the illegal shipment, identified the woman and two accomplices, [...]
IN HER best-selling “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” United States-based law professor Amy Chua, who has Chinese-Filipino roots, described the very strict and demanding way she raised her two daughters. The results were impressive. Her eldest daughter played at Carnegie Hall at a young age, while the other daughter earned the respect of renowned [...]
